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Company announcement/people

Santander's John Carroll to chair ICC UK's centre for digital trade and innovation

The International Chamber of Commerce UK is pleased to announce that Santander UK Head of International and Transactional Banking John Carroll will lead the Centre for Digital Trade & Innovation as Chair.

06 September 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

Trovata signs global distribution deal with Banco Santander

Trovata, the leading fintech in automating cash workflows through multi-bank API data aggregation for corporate finance and treasury teams, announced today a global distribution agreement with Santander.

01 September 2022

Company announcement/security

Santander launches interactive cyber-security training guide

Santander launches Cyber Heroes, an interactive cybersecurity training available to anyone.

02 August 2022

News/retail

Santander CIB partners with SAP to deliver ‘invisible banking’

Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) has partnered with SAP to expand the digitisation of their global transaction banking services.

26 July 2022

News/crime

Lloyds, Santander, Barclays, TSB demand Google, Facebook reimburse online fraud victims

As reported in The Telegraph, UK banks have urged Big Tech and telecommunications firms to take responsibility for their contribution to the rise of online fraud and voluntarily reimburse victims.

25 July 2022

News/startups

Santander to hold awards ceremony in metaverse

Santander will host an awards ceremony in the metaverse this week to crown the winners of a global blockchain challenge.

12 July 2022

Research

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022

07 July 2022 1386 downloads

Company announcement/people

Banco Santander taps Hector Grisi as CEO

The board of Banco Santander has announced today that Héctor Blas Grisi Checa, currently CEO of Santander Mexico and head of North America, has been nominated to become Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a group director, effective 1 January 2023, subject to customary approvals. Mr Grisi will report directly to the Board, in line with changes to the group’s management structure announced on 24 February 2022, with responsibility for managing all the group’s regions, countries and global businesses. The nomination has been made following a rigorous assessment process led by the Board Nominations Committee.

17 June 2022

Company announcement/people

Santander Bank names Pierre Habis chief consumer and digital transformation officer

Santander Bank, N.A. (“Santander Bank” or “Santander”) today announced that Pierre Habis has taken on expanded responsibilities as the new Chief Consumer & Digital Transformation Officer.

09 June 2022

News/payments

Money 20/20 EU: PagoNxt on verticalisation and trend-setting

Ahead of this year’s Money 20/20 Europe, Finextra asked Sreelekha Sankar, CTO, PagoNxt Merchant Solutions, to respond to key questions tied to the event’s panel titled ‘How verticalisation can become a competitive advantage.’

07 June 2022

News/people

Santander's PagoNxt hires Mastercard exec Kush Saxena as CEO of Merchant Solutions

Banco Santander's payments offshoot PagoNxt has appointed Mastercard exec Kush Saxena as CEO of its core Merchant Solutions business, Getnet.

31 May 2022

News/cloud

Santander migrates 80% of IT infrastructure to the cloud

Banco Santander has used bespoke, in-house developed software to digitise its core banking platform, already migrating 80% of its IT infrastructure to the cloud.

13 May 2022